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LE FOR PHONGGRAFHS AND SIMILAR MACHINES,

Application flied September 24, 1920; Serial No. 412,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KING WINER, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Ghicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Needles for Phonographs and Similar Machines. of which the following is a full, clear, concise. and exact description,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification.

My invention relates to needles for phonographs and Similar machines.

The object of-the invention is to secure a better tonal effect in devices of the class specified; to prolong the life of the records 1 which are played in the instrument; and to secure other desirable results in a simple and expeditious manner.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a needle with a point of relatively soft ma terial, such for example, as rubber or a rubber composition of some sort. This results in a separate tone efiect, eliminating scratching and other objectionable sounds Ill in the sound box, and also reduces the wear and tear on the record very. materially, in tact almost eliminating it, thereby prolonging the life of the record.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a view of a needle for phonographs and like instruments embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a View on an enlarged scale of a modified form of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on in Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a cross section of a deviceon the scale of Fig. 2, but with the device somewhat modified;

Fig. 5 is-a view still further enlarged of anend portion of the device. Referring to the drawingsI show in Fig. I a needle for phonograph machines or like instruments consisting of a body part 1 and a int part 2. The body art 1 may-be made 0 any suitable materi line 33 such as wood orv fibre and the point part 2 is preferably made of rubber or rubber composition. As a slmple arrangement a needle made of wood or fibre such as now commonly employed may be dipped in liquid rubber so that the point part 2 will be'composed of a point part of a wooden or fibre needle with a thin rubber coating on the outside thereof. The

needle shown in Fig. 1 has the body. part 1 made circular in cross section, as shown 1n Fig. 4. Instead-of having a circular cross section, however, the body part may be made hexagonal in cross section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. or be otherwise shaped-as In the device shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the body 1 is also preferably dipped and coated withrubber or a rubber composition, so as to. form a point portion 2 of rubber or similar material. A

In Fig. 5 I show the tip or'end of the point showing the manner in which the rubber coating or covering may be applied.

A needle of this sort will have the advantageous results previously mentioned, the W scratching and other undesirable noises will be eliminated from the tone and at the same time the records will have practicallyv no, wear and tear on them, thereby greatly prolonging their'lives. V g

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. What I claim is:

1. A needle for phonographs and like in- JOHN KING WINER;

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